LatAm in Focus: Colombia at a Crossroads

Thursday, September 12, 2019  |  Holly K. Sonneland

Albright Stonebridge Group’s Muni Jensen covers the FARC’s announcement to take back up arms and how tensions with Venezuela compound the difficult situation. ... Read More

VOA: Eric Farnsworth, "This Is No Longer Just a Venezuela Crisis, It Is Now a Regional Crisis"

Friday, July 26, 2019  |  Voice of America's Encounter

"To have the once wealthiest nation in the region become a basket case is a huge tragedy," AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth told Voice of America. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: What's Keeping Brazil's Urban Development "from Being Free"?

Thursday, July 25, 2019  |  Luisa Leme

Curators of Walls of Air: The Brazilian Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale talk about how mapping contemporary Brazil can influence urban development today. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Explaining Mexico's National Guard

Wednesday, July 17, 2019  |  Carin Zissis

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador inaugurated a new force to tackle runaway violence. UCSD’s Cecilia Farfán-Méndez covers what is—and isn’t—new about the National Guard. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Can the Bolsonaro Government Fix Brazil's Economy? 

Wednesday, July 10, 2019  |  Luisa Leme

The Peterson Institute’s Monica de Bolle takes stock of the outlook six months into the new president’s term.  ... Read More

Foreign Policy: Brian Winter on Brazil's Car Wash Probe

Friday, June 28, 2019  |  Foreign Policy

“Many who had expressed little but admiration for Car Wash are now seeing things in many more shades of gray,” AS/COA's Brian Winter told Foreign Policy on recent leaks about Brazil’s Car Wash investigation. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Making Sense of a New U.S.-Mexican Migration Deal

Tuesday, June 11, 2019  |  Carin Zissis

Mexico Security Initiative’s Stephanie Leutert tells AS/COA’s Carin Zissis why Mexico might be able to slow Central American migration—if only in the short term. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: Who's In and Who's Out in Guatemala's Presidential Race

Thursday, May 30, 2019  |  Carin Zissis

Political scientist Marielos Chang explains why Sandra Torres is the candidate to beat, though her win is not a sure bet. The first-round vote takes place June 16. ... Read More

LatAm in Focus: What's behind Brazil's Education Debate 

Wednesday, May 22, 2019  |  Luisa Leme

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